Railway-ticket.



J. Vi DAVIS.

RAILWAY TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, I9I4- 1,246,064. Patend Nov. 13, i917.

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j Application tied June 3o, l1914'. seriaiuasaaaol.

*Toarllauhom z'tlm'ay concern: 't v A *Beiit known that"-I`,5JEFFERsoN' Y; Davis, la Ctizen-of;'thefUnited Statesl-residing at ashingtori, in -theDistri-ct 'of Columbia.,

have invert-ted? new' and useful lrln'iprove- -imelts following is a speccaton:

.Y jf* -My invention relates to railway; ticketslfof that elfa'ssknownasl conductors cash-fare OII lfti'cket is `turned over to the passenger as' a ff rebate iltickets, in Which apart :of the 'ircceiptforlthe 'fare 'pa-idp and another part gretained vvbyfth'e'condu@tora'ndtui'ned in to Itho-'auditoryItoserve :as record of the amount received lby the conductor.' The purpose'of` such' tickets-is thel protection o fthe Ypass'engerandy company Vagainst the dishon- 'e'sty of conductors,'jbut the chief obj ectionf to thelri'use has been due to their complexity of construction', their comparatively "high 4cost 'and 'the timefeand labor? required lin Y separating the ticket sections, often making l it diiiicult for the conductor tof give proper --attention to'cash-a're payments and'to his Vother duties,` particularly in irapid inter- --urban tralic Where distances between stationsare short and trahie heavy." In the use 'f of'such tickets,'it isfthe :general practice to `demand fromA the passenger an amount ex- `ceeding the farerateyin 'order that a record transaction may b e carried lout, 'fand .to require the return of the receipt'sectionv `to complete the record by compelling the pas- Vseznger to `turny in the'V receiptl 'section at Vhis destination point inorderpto secure a rebate L or'refund of thev excess amount paid. *'j

The primary obj'ectof my invention is 4to proyidej 'a ticketjofl the character described :which is simple-of construction, freefifrom complexity, and which does notrequire the useof special` cutters y or fan irregular,v tedious or complicatedV system of'division, 'but which may be easily and'conveniently handled and expeditiously dividedrin 'order' that the fare may be collected and the passengers4 receipt v turned over to him'vvithin a minimum period obj' ect; 'O the i invention is A t0 urther reduction in the time period of matteron the ticket in such Va Way that'the Specirii'cnation of etters'r-Pa'tent; "p j Pttte NOi.

ticket be VIlnanipulated by either 'a *right handed' or left handedfconductor Withequal facility and'fvvithout the necessity of any mik-Q5V vWard adjustmento lthe ticket tosuit'the f physical;characteristicsl of the conductor in Y this respect v Y Figs. 2' and 3' arefragmentary A ot' the :ticket illustrating t, Waysv yof separating 'Sides of metiera,

frontvievvof fa cash-.rifare f front views ithe'fticketon 'the same line from! oppositegr5-V --Th`e improved ticket embodying my inven- `i iltqn'vs. inthe- 'OI'H Offa StrPPlOYCledatODe Y endV Witlianauditors stub ork section l and K,

Y jat its-oppositeendiwith' al pa' ssengersv casha;70'l j l fare vreceipt 'section 2, t which may be: printed Y in anyway required, orr as islusual in tickets got-this' character. These endjportionsf'l'fand Y 2 are connected bya bodyportion 3, ofza Vof any lsuitable length.

as shown; anybodyy port-10aa is provided 1 fxvith 'a'fcentralcolumn 4f and marginal or "1 side columns Sil In saidcentral'columnis end (herein that'end next the'reoei'pt 2) and Vanmuiits,shown herein being of constantly increased4 values,' onl a Aratio or in steps off-f ivefcentsl difference between the respective amounts throughout.

` tyveen givenpointsoror given distances of quire, the a'mounts' shown being progressive in', regular steps ofzfiive cents Vand simply "illustrative 'If the stations Were spaced at ."fsuch irregular :distances'as Would-n0t. p`er mit the fare tobelcollected in'evenfmulti-,rI

"Width-corresponding tothe end portionsandazfl p ending with -$1 .50vl'at vthe other end, the

p These lcharacters#orV y figures :indicate the regular fare rates be-A ples of. ve cents,1the steps might bey ar-.

@ranged zonfa basis of intervalsfotslnallerVv "amounts; or if the lstations .were farther v4"ap"art the. steps might be larger', aswill be `readily understood. f 1

In lthe marginal columns. which areduplicatesof each o,th'er,'are' denticalrovvsbf "figures designating4 sumsofV moneyVr of? the same-progressive 4values as in thegcentral lics column 4 and increasing by the same steps and in the same direction; that is to say, from the receipt 2 toward the stub l, or upward in the illustration in F ig. l. It is `important to note however, that the arrangement is such that each ligure in the marginal column is one step in advance of andl columns 4, amounts paid for fare in excess of the regular fare rates. 1t will beob- Yserved thatV the like figures in the columns 5 are in transverse alinementwith each other, but that,rby the'V order of arrangenieiit specified, the various amounts indicated' in the columns are eacli one step (hereive cents) ineXcess of the amounts in the column 4 to which they are opposite and in connection with which they are used. For instance, the amount $.95 Vin the column 4 is arranged in; alinement with the amount 5B1 specified ineach of the columns 5. The Afigures containedA in the column 4, with the associated higher value figures in the columns 5, are arranged in transverse sets, and

Y theVA sets are respectively located on panels separated will then consist of an auditorsv across the body portion of the ticket, which panels are produced by horizontal transverse weakened lines 6 extending entirely across the ticket, from edge to edge thereof. In the use of the ticket, it may be assumed that the passenger is traveling a distance for which the regular fare rate Vis- 95. l1`he conductor collects from the passenger $.05 in excess of thisamount, or $1, and separates the ,ticket into two sections along the transverse weakened line between the panels bearing adjacent indications of and $1 in the column 4. The ticket so stub cr section whose end panel will show the amount collected ($1) in the column 4, yand :t passengers fare and receipt section ywhose end panel will show in each of the columns 5 the amount collected ($1) and in the column 4 the regular amount ($.95) of the fare. The auditors stub or section is turned in by the conductor tothe auditor in the usual way, while the passenger, on reaching his destination, presents his receipt section to the localv agent and receives in return a rebate of the amount in'excess above the regular fare which he has paid. '1n the illustration herewith, wherethe steps are in regular intervals. of ve cents, the rebate will always be that much; but in any case the rebate may be readily 'ascertainedby noting the difference between the amount in the central column and that in the marginal column. Also the auditor by noting this di'erence has a check on the local agent, and will Vcredit himaccordingly so as to refund to Vhim the amount of rebate paid out by such agent for each'passengers receipt rtaken in.

An advantage arising from the constructio'ii of my improved ticket is that by providing a central row of regular fare rate indications, and opposite marginal orside rows of like figures to indicate the actual amount collected, whatever it may be, thev ticket is rendered practically proof against fraud,4 since the two sections must tally`,`can not be altered after' severance of the ticket t'o` the injury of the railroad, and by the use of the duplicate side columns double secur-r ity is aiiorded. Another advantage arising from my improved construction of ticket-Vis that it dispenses with the cutting or severance of the stripsalong irregular lines, and provides for the separation'of' thev sectionsn by a. straight tear between ltwo cross panels,

rvwhichinay be easily 'and Vvquickly y accomplished by simply bending the ticketV along the required weakened line and then manually tearing it completely and straight. Vj

across in a rapid and accurate manner.

A still further advantage arising from my improved construction Aoi ticket is that it is adapted for use with like facility bye'ither right or left hand conductors, so that it may be manipulated with vquickness and convenience and; torn from either side across,obvi

, ating the necessity of the conductor turning the ticket around or disposing it in an awkward or peculiar manner to bring itinto proper position for the action of the manipulating hand. vThis isof primary importance when thel ticket is usedin suburban and iiiterurban tratiic,y las it enables the conductor to collect cash fares and dispense thev tickets asrequired in airapid and convenient manner, so that all fares may becollected within kperiods between arrivals. at

stations, which are often very close together.

In this connection the'improved ticket is adapted'for efficient .use where ordinary construct-ions of cashfare or rebate tickets can not be employed, on account :of the amount of time required'to tear and dispense the same.- Furthermore, the simplic-- iti of construction disclosed insures a high degree ofeconomy-in the use ot ticketsof this character over cash fare ory rebate tickets of the ordinary types.

The :herein describedY railway rebate ticket i comprising an auditors stub, a passengers receipt, and anl unbroken body portion integrally uniting them, said body being provided with parallel weakened lines dividing it into a seiies of narrow panels and inscribed on its tace with a central column ot figures designating sums of money 1,246,064r n I 3,

increasing in regular steps along the -sev- In testimony Wheeof Iaix my signature l eral panels from the receipt to the stub, and in presence of tvvowitnessee.v with duplicate marginal columns of the JEFFERSON V. DAVIS. same figures increasing 1n the saine dneo- Y v v 5 tion but disposed on the panelsrespeetively Witnesses: Y

one step in advance of those in the central JOHN R. KOEHL, v column, for the purpose set forth. BENNETT S. JONES.

Y Copies of vthis vpaient may be` obtained` for five cents'e'aeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, i

Washington, D. C. 

